Checo Pérez: “today we found a good direction”

Christian Horner, director of Red Bull, expects points from the Mexican

Czech Perez was satisfied with the progress shown in the Red Bull that allowed him to reach Q3 in the qualifying session for the Qatar GP, penultimate date of the season Formula 1.

“Today we found a good direction. Max was more aggressive with his set-up, perhaps it would have been positive to follow the same line, but in general we found good things, which made us improve and tomorrow I think it will be better,” commented the Mexican as soon as the qualifying round concluded. The man from Guadalajara will start ninth, his best starting position since austin.

Christian Hornerteam manager Red Bull confirmed the good feelings of the car, underlining the pole of Max Verstappen and Pérez’s performance.

“Max has nailed the changes and has had an extraordinary Pole. Our engineers worked hard for this and he has been able to take advantage of them. Checo has reached Q3, it is encouraging. I hope that tomorrow I have a good race and score good points.”

Starting this season, teams can move the car setup after the Sprint races since on weekends with this format there is only one free practice. In other years, the car was left in ‘parc ferme’ once the only training session was over, limiting too much the evolution of the cars’ set-up and any change was penalized with positions on the starting grid for the Grand Prix.

The race in Qatar It is agreed to 57 laps around the route. Lusail of 5.4 kilometers. It’s at 10 in the morning downtown Mexico and half a day east of USA.

Last year the winner was Max Verstappen with Czech Perez in tenth position.